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Originally Posted by Lynn A McCarty
No it screws up the water hole in the front. So, I was told certain "Hemi" teams were allowed to go into the foundry and massage the foundry cores.
Lynn
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It does not affect the water pump mounts. If this was the case, then the 383/400 engine would have the same problem. The camshaft bore C/L to crankshaft C/L is the same for both the RB and B blocks and they share the same timing sets. When the RB block was created, they just added material to the deck height in the same fashion that there are different deck heights for the Chevy big block engine: there is a standard deck and tall deck. Was the 1959/1960 383 block with the 3.75 stroke cast with an RB or B block deck height? It appears they are rare and hard to find. Therefore, if the 1959/1960, 383 block was cast with the B block deck height, has an OEM 3.75 stroke, what would preclude its use in SS class as a 440 engine?